Screen-wire-cloth rack.



W. G. NEWMAN.

SCREEN WIRE CLOTH RACK.

Y APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12. 1913.

Patented J1me 22, 1915;

a SHEETS-SHEET 1,

ATTORM'W w. e. NEWMAN.

SCREEN WIRE CLOTH RACK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1913- EAMQSQQ Patented-June 22, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

WI'IWESSES INVEHTOR mamas W. NEWMAN.

SCREEN WIRE CLOTH RACK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 12, I913.

Patented June 22, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- WITNESSES I hwmtrg ATTORNEY i we N ii 4.32s. A. Mill SCREEEWVIBE GLQG.

Speeifiee'tion of Letters E'a-Eenh Application filed September 1 en i the ceunty 0L5 Weber and State 3 0i Utah, have Hillii n new and nseiul Iinpreveznenis iii liieieen ire-"SE11 Rack of which the iellewing is ii speeiiientien.

My inveiton relates t0 iniproveinents in reeks for displaying and dispensing screen wire sloth 01' other mzifieriai 1311i; up in rolis, and it eensists in hie cemhinrti'ons, construetions, and ari'ahgeinenis herein described and claimed.

4 in object 'Z my invention is he provide means fer displaying wire chi-h (if various vi idth,

A iiii'iher object of my invention is to V ide nae-ans for unrolling the cloth and for cutting elf si uareiy pieces drawn from the roil.

A further object of my invention is t0 PEG- vide means for zieei mtelv measuring the :mmnnt 01. Wire seieeii eieth efi.

ob eei and advantages will appear speeifimtion, and the novel of the device will be particularly 0m in the depended claim .ziveiisien is illustrated in the accomdrawings forming part of this r ieuiion in whieh- .higuie 1. is a pers'l ieebive view (ii? the device, Fig. is a plan View of bot'tmn of the Unit 1; liable, Fig 3 a side view of the cnfunei' i. is an end View 0i -the cutter,

Fig. 5 is a sectien along the line of *iiig'. Z, ie :1 face view of the ine-esim "ing device *i' is i sectien tl'irougl'i the me; ui'ing device 8 a face View sh0wing die interim ineeh JlSfll of iahe measur e5; iiigz' device, Fig. is use thin thmugh :1 }')0l'-' hen the device shewingthe manner 0]: 1 i

me shire E1 10 is a, section h the sh elds, and Eng. lli :1 section l 11 one of be Fig. 10.

In ai-i'ying out my invention 1 provide 2L base portion 1. bearing the uprights 2. 'lhese are connected bynpper longitudinal inen'ib'ei's and ial'ansverse endmembers l. All but the upper transverse members are provided with slots ito receive the shafts oi spindles 5 \i'hichwextend from ihe cross members the ether. Tlwse spindles 5 been: shields 6 the shieidsfal; right angles c a A, 19.10.

.its rein end.

at (me end. t0 i1he cross members at ef the Silaa-G shown in Fig: 11. Inthis iigui'e Eli-HILL.

Melly cylindrical in she'pe and have n closed end (F. A 5 isseenred to the end 6- and 1S provided with a, set eei-ew G. 0n the inside of n shield is :1 hub i Erich shaft 01:

ed with Lwe of these i (i of the sinelds facing 31 H 'rl-x" smelc 1e plenum with 6" en the lower side facing front of the denoted] that the slots 4% spindle 5 is prov.

the open i'em' sheii-es 5 ie be mounted lower "than he from; shafts 5, rbhus bringing the outlet portions 6 of the rear shields below those of ihe "from shields. The primary purpose of these shields is to prevent an abnormal unwinding and 'eonsequent expansion of a roll of screen 'Wll'B cloth from the inner-end While-permitting its unwinding and Withdrawal at the outer end. Furthermore the shields themselves, due to the {not that the roll ten" s to expand, forms a. holding member, which whiieholding' the Wire cloil so a0 prevent the enter edge from re cting the time permits it to be puiied fer'wardly with ease when the cloth is to he said I Seemed to the uprights 2' are the from; a

longitudinal bars 7*, 7 and 7 between adjacent end members 4, while at the rear in ulinemeni; with the bar Y? is bar 7. A 301) guide member 8 is secured to the bar 7 at its frontedge. A central guide member 8 secured to tl'ielongifiudinni hm: 7 A bottom guide member 8 rests upon 'thejoar 7 at the front end and upon the bar? at If; will be 'noted that the 0utlet ievii'en. 6 of the from, shield enters net-ween the uppei: guide niembei 8 and the Central guiiiie .mGIHlJGL' 8*, "While, the enilet poi-hen ii" 0i? the rear shield 6 enters between the Gemini guide member 8 and the bottem guide member 8? It will thus be v seen i141} between adjacent end members 4 is a "puii: of shields lmving guide means for the wire cloth. At one 0011181: 01' each of the front uprights 2 is a reel; 9, each Fhese reeks being countersunk, as shown in F 1 1.

The cutting table 1.0 is provided with a slot 10* extending from end to end. This slot i shai'iedn, as shown in. Fig. 4c. table is secured ton U-shaped if'inme consistmgoi fei'u iirdly extending side arms H. which {LIB joined z t their ends by :1 cross bin 12 .ing

the Y and rollers 50 at the ends of the arms.

- As will be seen from Fig. 1 the rollers 50 arranged to engage the front side.

are arranged to engage the rear sides of the front uprights 2 while the rollers 4% ?Irie s forms a supporting means for the table which permits'it to be raised vertically.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a winding roller 51 which is disposedbetween the arms 11.

"The shaft 51 of the winding roller is dein position.

signed to enter an opening 51 (see Fig. 1)

in one of the arms 11 the other arm being provided with a 'slot' 5 arranged to receive the shaft 51 to which a handle 52 is con+ nected. The winding roller 51 is provided with. a. slot 51' running from end to end of the roller and arranged to receive one-edge of' the 'wire cloth'. i-A U-shaped spring 54 is provided for holding the cloth in position on the tends over the slot 51? in the side member 11 for holding the shaft of the winding roller in lace.

he cutter is formed by a slidable block 17 having a T-shaped base 17? arranged to enter the slot 10 in the table. A cutting knife 18 is pivoted-at 19 on a pin which is provided with a spring 20 to hold the knife The measuring device consists of a bracket 21 (see Fig. 1) supported at one end of the table 10 and bearing a hinged arm which are arranged to play over the faces of l dlals 32 and 33 respectively.

22 which supports the 'egistering mechamsm.

. The registering mechanism consists of a casing 23 bearing at its lower end a composition roller 24 which is mounted to 1'0- tate on a shaft 25. The latter bears a pin ion 26 arranged to engage a gear 27 on a shaft 28. The gear 27 carries an adjustable tooth 29 which is arran ed to project in the path of a gear 30 on a s aft 31. I The shafts 28 and 31 bear arms 28 and 31 respectively From the foregoing description of the -various parts of the device the operation thereof may be readily understood.

The core rods 5 are removable from the slots 4. One'of-the end shields 6 is re-- moved and a. roll of screen wire cloth is placed upon the core rod 5, one end of the roll being inserted in one of -the shields. The other shield is then placed on the opposlte end of the roll and secured inosition by means of the set screw 6. of

winding -roller, while a latch 51 ex,

the rods 5 in the rapk are 'thus supplied with rolls of wire cloth. l The loose end of the wire clothis then passed outbetween the guide members and istbrov ght to the front of the device.

Now when i a given amount-9 .I the' 'wire cloth is soldthe cuttingzfta'h le ney' be elevated to a position in 'ali nenientwith, the

cloth 'tobe cut by turning. the hjtndle 44.

ered so as to bring the composition roller i 24 in contact with the cloth. The edge of the cloth is now pulled forward and placed in the slot 51 of the windin rod 51, and the handle 52 is turned until edial on the measuring device indicates the desired amount. It will be observed that the lower dial is preferably graduated in inches, f wlnle th upper dial is graduated' feet. "The cutter is now run forward and b means of. the handle 18 the wire is-cut, t 0 slot 10 forming a straight edge for the cutter soas to permit. the wire to he cut. squarely When. one roll is used up it may be re across.

placed by another one. Since the front edges of the wire cloth are always exposed to vie one may rapidly make a selection of the cloth which he desires without the,

necessity of handling. the roll, at all. It

will be seen therefore that the device providesa display rack as well as a dispensing rack. Owing to the measuring device there is no necess1ty of measuring the cloth by the use of a tape line or yard stick.

I claim:

1. In a screen wire cloth rack, a frame, a

plurality of core rods carried by said frame,

,each of said core rods being adapted to loosely carry a screen wire cloth roll, and means carried by each core rod for preventing the unwinding of the roll from the inner end of the roll while permitting the unwinding of the roll from the outer end, said means comprising a pair of oppositely ldisposed cylindrical shields adapted to fit over the ends of the roll and to frictio'nally engage the sides of the roll, said shields having outlets for the wire cloth.

plurality of core rods carried by said frame, each of said core rods being adapted to unwinding of the roll from the inner end .120 2. In a screen wire cloth rack, a frame, a

of the roll while permitting the unwindingof the roll from the outer end, said means comprising a pair of oppositelydlisposed}. cylindrical shields, :Tdapted to fit. over-the adjusted position.

ends of the roll and to frictionelly engage *the'sides of the roll, said shields having out- I lets for the wire clothyand means for-adjusting' the shields toward or away from .eachother and for securing them in their 3. In a screen wire cloth rack, a frame, a plurality of core rods carried by said frame, each of said loosely carry carried by unwindin of the 1'01 .ofthe roll a. screen Wirecloth roll, means each ,core rod for preventing the of the roll from the inner end while permitting the unwinding from'the outer end, said means bore rods being adapted to comprising a pair of oppositely disposed c lindrical shields adapted to lit over the ends of the roll and to frictionally engage the sides of the roll, said shields having outlets for the wire cloth, means for adjusting the shields toward or away from each other and for securing them in their adjustedfposition, and guide means carried by the rame at the front end thereof for guiding the wire 

